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Nutrition Experts Call For 'Trans Fat Free Americas'

...Partial hydrogenation not only creates trans fats but also "destroys the healthy Omega-3 fats that are naturally in vegetable oils," said Walter Willett, professor of nutrition and epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health.Regulatory efforts to eliminate transfatty acids from food supplies are already under way in countries including Denmark and Canada, and in cities such as New York City and Philadelphia.

Meanwhile, a number of food producers have voluntarily begun removing trans fats from their products, including Kraft Foods and Wendy's in the United States and Unilever in Europe.

"This has turned out to be good for business," said Uauy.In the Latin American region, health officials in Costa Rica and, more recently, Argentina ha...

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